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Eponyms: the Good, the Bad, the Birds and the Bee-tles.

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Why do we name birds, beetles, telescopes, and principles after people? The good, the bad, the weird. Is there Death of the Author for Eponyms? Why infinitely optimizing (and going 5mph over the speed limit) may not work. Why, we would love to stop adding exclamation points to our emails! Never have I ever been an apothecary.


[0:23] Eponym

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eponym


▶ Eponyms in Biology

[1:26] Carl Linnaeus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus

[1:42] Aptostichus barackobamai

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptostichus_barackobamai

[2:18] Eponyms have no place in 21st-century biological nomenclature

https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d418aae4-a28c-43e9-8713-91cb3139b9e2/files/spc289k55v

[2:45] Anophthalmus hitleri

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anophthalmus_hitleri

[4:17] Agathidium vaderi Miller, K. B. & Q. D. Wheeler, 2005

https://www.gbif.org/taxon/65QRM

[4:48] Paramesonephric duct

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramesonephric_duct

[4:53] Johannes Peter Müller

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Peter_M%C3%BCller

[4:55] Golgi apparatus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golgi_apparatus

[4:58] Camillo Golgi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camillo_Golgi

[5:01] Fallopian tube

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallopian_tube

[5:02] G-spot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-spot

[5:51] De-eponymising anatomical terminology

https://litfl.com/de-eponymising-anatomical-terminology/

[6:29] Where are all the Women?

https://litfl.com/where-are-all-the-women/

[8:37] Bird Names for Birds

https://birdnamesforbirds.wordpress.com


▶ Eponyms in Technology

[20:22] Amdahl's law

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law

[27:33] Amdahl's Law for AI coding

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BrPB-j6ObY0

[30:06] The Mythical Man-Month

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month

[31:29] Liskov substitution principle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liskov_substitution_principle

[31:40] Object-oriented programming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming

[31:56] Liskov substitution principle - Architectural Patterns

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/architectural-patterns/9781787287495/cf7feec3-2c90-43f7-a3e5-19148eb48cd3.xhtml

[32:39] Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/

[32:41] Who Is Nancy Grace Roman?

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/who-is-nancy-grace-roman/

[34:58] Nancy Grace Roman with the James Webb Space Telescope

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nancy_Grace_Roman_with_the_James_Webb_Space_Telescope_(42127816211).jpg

[36:26] NASA once again declines to rename the James Webb Space Telescope

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/18/1137762508/nasa-declines-rename-james-webb-space-telescope-report

[36:37] Lavender Scare

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender_Scare

[37:40] NASA policy discourages naming missions after individuals

https://spacenews.com/nasa-policy-discourages-naming-missions-after-individuals/


▶ Something We Enjoyed This Month

[50:47] Never Have I Ever: Stories by Isabel Yap

https://isabelyap.com/never-have-i-ever

[53:58] The Apothecary Diaries

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apothecary_Diaries


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